April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Marathon Oil Corp. said its North Sea East Brae natural-gas and condensate field remains closed after a power failure yesterday halted work on three platforms.

``East Brae shut down this morning due to a technical fault,'' Sheena Wallace, a spokeswoman for the Houston-based company, said today by telephone from Aberdeen, Scotland.

The Brae Alpha, Brae Bravo and East Brae platforms had earlier started successfully before East Brae was forced to shut down again, Wallace said. The other two platforms are still operating.

East Brae will ``hopefully'' return to production later today, she said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Ben Farey in London at bfarey@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: April 8, 2008 08:00 EDT